we'd like to thank Dr. Meara, Dr. Greensmith, Kylie Pollard and everyone at the Royal Childrens' Cleft Clinic in Melbourne

– a big THANK YOU for everything. Of course it's a while yet till we say goodbye so I guess there are a few more 'thank yous' yet to come.

from Tania, Ole and Per

we'd like to thank my mother for all of her help over the past year and two operations.

Mum, I don't know how we would have managed without you and I know that once Andrew's old enough to thank you himself he'll do so in style.

We love you.

We want to especially thank Julie Reid and Susie Gibb - both have been INCREDIBLY generous with their time, advice and general support and have been instrumental in Per's brilliant progress... THANK YOU!

on behalf of myself, my lovely partiner daniel and my baby girl Emelia, we would like to give a HUGE thanks to everyone at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH), for all the help and support we have recieved in the past 6 months in our cleft lip journey. Dr Timathy Hewiett, who did the lip repair on Emelia at 3 months old, (i more to go at 9 months). Wilma McBrian in the claft pallet unit. Lynne and Amber in the Neonatal ICU where emelia spent the first 6 days of her life. and of course, Sarah Ting, Emelia's dentist, and thanks to anyone else who helped.
With out the help and suppprt of these people, i wouldnt be the mother i am today, because being 20 years old and being told your perfect baby, isnt going to be so perfect crushed my world, but i love my milly, and all i want for her is the best, and she had a great start to the world, with a little help from all these people...

THANK YOU
love Cherie Gallagher, Daniel Thomas and Emelia Thomas. xoxoxo